Transfer Devoe Joseph lit up Stanford for a career-high 30 points and 6-foot-11 center Tony Woods helped shut down the Cardinal’s Josh Owens in the second half to help Oregon take a 78-67 Pac-12 win Thursday night at Matt Court.

Ducks’ coach Dana Altman said an announced crowd of 6,199 had a lot to do with the victory. “The students that were here (school hasn’t resumed yet) were great and there was a little electricity tonight,’’ he said.

“We haven’t given (fans) much to cheer about at home. Once we gave them something to cheer about, they went wild.’’

Stanford (12-3, 2-1) seemed in good shape at halftime, down just 34-32 with Owens making 7 of 9 shots for 17 points.

The Ducks (11-4, 2-1) were holding their own on the boards, but they were also committing some silly turnovers and letting Stanford push them out of position.

Oregon made it much tougher for Stanford to run its offense in the second half.

Owens had just two points, after almost single-handedly dominating in the first half.

“He got off,’’ said Woods. “In the locker room coach really emphasized stopping him. He challenged me. … I just tried to keep the ball out of his hands and sat on his left shoulder a lot, tried to make a few adjustments to shut him down.’’

Woods not only made it tough for Owens to get good looks at the basket in the second half, he had three big blocked shots to go along with eight points and five rebounds.

“We paid more attention (to Owens),’’ understated Altman.

Joseph drove for baskets, had no trouble creating his own shot, and knocked down open threes – a stark contrast from what happened last week in Seattle when he went 1-for-13 from the floor and scored just four points.

“I was happy for him, because he felt bad after (the UW game) missing all of those open shots,’’ said Altman.

“Once you knock down a couple, that basket gets bigger.’’

It looked like a hula hoop to Joseph, whose previous career high (23) came in his freshman year at Minnesota when he torched Penn State with seven treys.

He made 9 of 15 shots, and drained 5 of 7 from long range.

If he had wanted to be selfish, he could have flirted with 40 points because the Cardinal had no answer for him.

“I got a lot of good looks,’’ he said. “My teammates found me in open situations.’’

Joseph didn’t have any crazy explanations for his one-game turnaround. “I approached the game the same way,’’ he said. “It was just one of those nights (at UW) I was letting it go, and it wasn’t dropping. Today, those shots went in.’’

After shooting nearly 50 percent in the first half, Stanford – which came in hot after winning 7 of its last 8I games - shot just 38 percent in the second half.

Notes: Joseph is the first player to score 30 points in a game for Oregon since Tajuan Porter had 32 against Washington State on March 10, 2010. … forward Tyrone Nared, who had missed several games with a knee injury, had five points and five rebounds in 23 minutes. “I didn’t plan on playing him that much, but he kept saying (the knee) felt good,’’ said Altman. … Woods said Nared provided more than a few points and rebounds. “Ty’s an energy guy for us,’’ said Woods. “We don’t have a lot of rah-rah guys to get us going in the locker room.’’ … point guard Aaron Bright had 14 points for Stanford – which trailed by as many as 14 in the second half – and big man John Gage had 13. Gage hit a few early threes and then fell in love with the shot a little too much (he was 3-for-8). … the Ducks are 9-1 when they hold a first-half lead and 10-1 when they out-shoot their opponent.